Associations to the word «Abraxas»

Wiktionary

ABRAXAS, noun. (gnosticism) (historical) A mistaken transcription of Abrasax.
ABRAXAS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae   — the magpie moths.
ABRAXAS, proper noun. Alternative form of Abrasax (archon).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats